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24-Jan-2007, 17:37
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<font size="1">added on January 24, 2007, at 17:37 by allcdcovers</font><br /><br /><div style="display:block;float:right;margin:0px 0px 5px 5px;vertical-align:text-top;"><script type="text/javascript">google_ad_client = "pub-5821412950245701";google_alternate_color = "F5F5FF";google_ad_width = 336;google_ad_height = 280;google_ad_format = "336x280_as";google_ad_type = "text";google_ad_channel = "0725529317";google_color_border = "F5F5FF";google_color_bg = "F5F5FF";google_color_link = "22229C";google_color_text = "000000";google_color_url = "333333";</script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script></div>The previous 12" 80's compilations from Family Recordings are ultimately frustrating affairs, this being no exception. Digging out the diamonds from a mountain of coal seems to be the order of the day. I'm not sure what the 'aim' is from the compilers. If it's to provide us with top notch 12" mixes of our yesteryear that we may have missed, something I have longed for someone to release since I left my teens - but where are the quality mixes?In this installment there are probably a slack handful of top-notch mixes - namely by Coldcut (Paid in Full, Shep Pettibone (Something About You) and Patrick Cowley (I Feel Love) and kudos to Family for having the balls to use up nearly 16 minutes of a CD for the aforemention Donna Summer classic.Those aside, I wonder what the hell is going on. The first CD - Pop (so is it Pop or is it Dance? Make up your mind!) The cash in opener of Dead Or Alive is topical, and surprisingly, not a bad version of the 80's kitch Pete Burns. But the Chimes? Heaven? Never heard of it. An 8 minute mix that only livens up in the last third. Only the standout mix of the CD from Level 42 saves the day. The second CD - Club is equally as confusing. The inclusion of the likes of Inner City - Big Fun has been done to death on countless compilations, when the much better mixed Good Life (Oh where is the Mike 'Hitman' Wilson mix?!) is sadly not chosen. Why, oh why the laborious Stock Aitken Waterman 'Roadblock' gets an airing I have no clue. The second CD saved by I Feel Love, and the shorter extended mix of Farler 'Jackmaster' Funk's Love Can't Turn Around - beat those vocals! Not forgetting Paid in Full and Beat Dis.The last CD you may is coaster fodder. Barely a decent mix among them. Why choose Single Life when you could have Word Up? Why have The Temptations when you could have Papa Was a Rolling Stone '87? Why have Booker Newberry III at all. I'm struggling to wonder as to why try and split the compilation into disctint genres as the last portion fails miserably. There are plenty, plenty better 80's dance mixes available to choose from, but I fear the compilers are hamstrung by what they are able to license. As a result, I wonder what the compilers are trying to achieve, is it hailing mixology or familiarity (and in some cases neither!)? Where do you draw the line on a track that's barely changed from the 7" in terms of length or sound - or a track you've heard a thousand times deemed not fit for purpose for a supposed 12" compilation? (If I bought a 12" in the 80's that was 4.40 long, I would feel ripped off! Back in the day, there was no iTunes to preview the quality or time, remember!)If the aim is to release compilations of 12" versions/remixes, then at least give us decent mixes - otherwise, it's as good as any other faceless 80's compilation. As per the previous compilations, there are some absolute gems inside but they are diluted by some shocking 4 minute half-baked trash that's not remix or extended! Must try harder Family Recordings, yet nobody else is releasing this kind of compilation, so I will still keep the faith, but please, more quality mixes not quantity of tracks. Either take some risks or don't bother at all.<table cellpadding="15"><tr align="center"><td valign="bottom"><a href="http://www.allcdcovers.com/show/255/1280sdance_2006_retail_cd/front"><img src="/image_system/covers_th/e/e/eedc17841619f52db708a9a5fd4f5394.jpg" border="0"></a><br><strong><a href="http://www.allcdcovers.com/show/255/1280sdance_2006_retail_cd/front">Front</a></strong><br><font size="1">1615 x 1434 px</font></td><td valign="bottom"><a href="http://www.allcdcovers.com/show/255/1280sdance_2006_retail_cd/back"><img src="/image_system/covers_th/b/1/b10eb6156d88ea80652a0c43af86154b.jpg" border="0"></a><br><strong><a href="http://www.allcdcovers.com/show/255/1280sdance_2006_retail_cd/back">Back</a></strong><br><font size="1">1793 x 1365 px</font></td><td valign="bottom"><a href="http://www.allcdcovers.com/show/255/1280sdance_2006_retail_cd/cd"><img src="/image_system/covers_th/4/1/41387fb7fb2802df11178e7b8c9ca753.jpg" border="0"></a><br><strong><a href="http://www.allcdcovers.com/show/255/1280sdance_2006_retail_cd/cd">CD</a></strong><br><font size="1">1445 x 1434 px</font></td><td valign="bottom"><a href="http://www.allcdcovers.com/show/255/1280sdance_2006_retail_cd/cd_2"><img src="/image_system/covers_th/4/b/4baf7f0d270be2f93c6b561fdaecf8e1.jpg" border="0"></a><br><strong><a href="http://www.allcdcovers.com/show/255/1280sdance_2006_retail_cd/cd_2">CD 2</a></strong><br><font size="1">1445 x 1434 px</font></td><td valign="bottom"><a href="http://www.allcdcovers.com/show/255/1280sdance_2006_retail_cd/cd_3"><img src="/image_system/covers_th/8/e/8edc6b8025709d105194e176af09ce87.jpg" border="0"></a><br><strong><a href="http://www.allcdcovers.com/show/255/1280sdance_2006_retail_cd/cd_3">CD 3</a></strong><br><font size="1">1445 x 1434 px</font></td></tr></table>
<font size="1">added on January 24, 2007, at 17:37 by allcdcovers</font><br /><br /><div style="display:block;float:right;margin:0px 0px 5px 5px;vertical-align:text-top;"><script type="text/javascript">google_ad_client = "pub-5821412950245701";google_alternate_color = "F5F5FF";google_ad_width = 336;google_ad_height = 280;google_ad_format = "336x280_as";google_ad_type = "text";google_ad_channel = "0725529317";google_color_border = "F5F5FF";google_color_bg = "F5F5FF";google_color_link = "22229C";google_color_text = "000000";google_color_url = "333333";</script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script></div>The previous 12" 80's compilations from Family Recordings are ultimately frustrating affairs, this being no exception. Digging out the diamonds from a mountain of coal seems to be the order of the day. I'm not sure what the 'aim' is from the compilers. If it's to provide us with top notch 12" mixes of our yesteryear that we may have missed, something I have longed for someone to release since I left my teens - but where are the quality mixes?In this installment there are probably a slack handful of top-notch mixes - namely by Coldcut (Paid in Full, Shep Pettibone (Something About You) and Patrick Cowley (I Feel Love) and kudos to Family for having the balls to use up nearly 16 minutes of a CD for the aforemention Donna Summer classic.Those aside, I wonder what the hell is going on. The first CD - Pop (so is it Pop or is it Dance? Make up your mind!) The cash in opener of Dead Or Alive is topical, and surprisingly, not a bad version of the 80's kitch Pete Burns. But the Chimes? Heaven? Never heard of it. An 8 minute mix that only livens up in the last third. Only the standout mix of the CD from Level 42 saves the day. The second CD - Club is equally as confusing. The inclusion of the likes of Inner City - Big Fun has been done to death on countless compilations, when the much better mixed Good Life (Oh where is the Mike 'Hitman' Wilson mix?!) is sadly not chosen. Why, oh why the laborious Stock Aitken Waterman 'Roadblock' gets an airing I have no clue. The second CD saved by I Feel Love, and the shorter extended mix of Farler 'Jackmaster' Funk's Love Can't Turn Around - beat those vocals! Not forgetting Paid in Full and Beat Dis.The last CD you may is coaster fodder. Barely a decent mix among them. Why choose Single Life when you could have Word Up? Why have The Temptations when you could have Papa Was a Rolling Stone '87? Why have Booker Newberry III at all. I'm struggling to wonder as to why try and split the compilation into disctint genres as the last portion fails miserably. There are plenty, plenty better 80's dance mixes available to choose from, but I fear the compilers are hamstrung by what they are able to license. As a result, I wonder what the compilers are trying to achieve, is it hailing mixology or familiarity (and in some cases neither!)? Where do you draw the line on a track that's barely changed from the 7" in terms of length or sound - or a track you've heard a thousand times deemed not fit for purpose for a supposed 12" compilation? (If I bought a 12" in the 80's that was 4.40 long, I would feel ripped off! Back in the day, there was no iTunes to preview the quality or time, remember!)If the aim is to release compilations of 12" versions/remixes, then at least give us decent mixes - otherwise, it's as good as any other faceless 80's compilation. As per the previous compilations, there are some absolute gems inside but they are diluted by some shocking 4 minute half-baked trash that's not remix or extended! Must try harder Family Recordings, yet nobody else is releasing this kind of compilation, so I will still keep the faith, but please, more quality mixes not quantity of tracks. Either take some risks or don't bother at all.<table cellpadding="15"><tr align="center"><td valign="bottom"><a href="http://www.allcdcovers.com/show/255/1280sdance_2006_retail_cd/front"><img src="/image_system/covers_th/e/e/eedc17841619f52db708a9a5fd4f5394.jpg" border="0"></a><br><strong><a href="http://www.allcdcovers.com/show/255/1280sdance_2006_retail_cd/front">Front</a></strong><br><font size="1">1615 x 1434 px</font></td><td valign="bottom"><a href="http://www.allcdcovers.com/show/255/1280sdance_2006_retail_cd/back"><img src="/image_system/covers_th/b/1/b10eb6156d88ea80652a0c43af86154b.jpg" border="0"></a><br><strong><a href="http://www.allcdcovers.com/show/255/1280sdance_2006_retail_cd/back">Back</a></strong><br><font size="1">1793 x 1365 px</font></td><td valign="bottom"><a href="http://www.allcdcovers.com/show/255/1280sdance_2006_retail_cd/cd"><img src="/image_system/covers_th/4/1/41387fb7fb2802df11178e7b8c9ca753.jpg" border="0"></a><br><strong><a href="http://www.allcdcovers.com/show/255/1280sdance_2006_retail_cd/cd">CD</a></strong><br><font size="1">1445 x 1434 px</font></td><td valign="bottom"><a href="http://www.allcdcovers.com/show/255/1280sdance_2006_retail_cd/cd_2"><img src="/image_system/covers_th/4/b/4baf7f0d270be2f93c6b561fdaecf8e1.jpg" border="0"></a><br><strong><a href="http://www.allcdcovers.com/show/255/1280sdance_2006_retail_cd/cd_2">CD 2</a></strong><br><font size="1">1445 x 1434 px</font></td><td valign="bottom"><a href="http://www.allcdcovers.com/show/255/1280sdance_2006_retail_cd/cd_3"><img src="/image_system/covers_th/8/e/8edc6b8025709d105194e176af09ce87.jpg" border="0"></a><br><strong><a href="http://www.allcdcovers.com/show/255/1280sdance_2006_retail_cd/cd_3">CD 3</a></strong><br><font size="1">1445 x 1434 px</font></td></tr></table>